近十幾年來「精實生產(Lean Production)」不但直接挑戰了立基於「大量生產(Mass Production)」思維的企業，更逐漸引領了一股企業流程再造風潮，至目前為止仍方興未艾。然而有心從事導入精實生產的變革者，多數仍處於見樹不見林的情境，難以窺見整體系統的面貌。也就是無法「綜觀全局、掌握重點」，有增加喪失領導威信，導致變革失敗的風險。
本研究首先探討文獻上有關精實(lean)與BPR(Business Process Reengineering)架構，TPS(Toyota Production System)和TQM(Total Quality Management)之「屋」的相關內容，歸納出「屋」的主要象徵性意義，分別為(1)理念(2)運作基礎(3)特徵(4)應用(5)存在目標(6)核心元素(7)多樣化，作為系統架構屋的特性分類。隨後以關鍵事件、文獻發展、思維演變、方法演化等觀點，回顧精實生產從1913~2005年的發展脈絡，以瞭解精實系統的形成過程。最後嘗試以「精實屋(Lean House)」的核心元素與「學習進化」運作模式，提出「精實系統模式(Lean System Model，LSM)」之四要素PSEI：理念(Philosophy)、策略(Strategy)、演化(Evolution)、實現(Implementation)。
就系統架構「屋」和精實意涵對於系統整體觀的意義，作出以下結論：(1) 透過「屋」的觀點，建立整合性的知識，(2)「精實」對於系統的意含：在很少需求量的情況下，只需用很少的投入，就能以非常經濟的方式，去設計和產出很少問題的產品，並經由不斷地進行消除浪費的流程改善活動，融合新元素和方法，構築組織的進化學習能力(3)理念(房屋的基石)是精實系統的基石，精實理念仍持續延伸其系統的影響範圍，(4)系統的特徵(房屋的支柱)，決定了它的獨特性、區別性與被關注的焦點，(5)精實系統是TPS的延伸，但不等同於TPS，其內涵已演變為系統的全面整合。

The theory of lean production has great influence on enterprises which accepts the mass production thinking, and leads to the trend in Business Process Reengineering (BPR) as well in these decades. However, most entrepreneurs introduced lean production into enterprise were in situation of note only the details but not the whole picture of lean, increasing probability of failure and losing ground of leadership eventually.
This thesis firstly review literatures of lean, BPR (Business Process Redesign), TPS (Toyota Production System) house diagram and TQM (Total Quality Management) house to classify meanings of system framework of ‘house’ by (1) philosophy, (2) operational foundation, (3) system feature, (4) application, (5)target, (6) core element, (7) system variety respectively, then review the development of lean theory from 1913 to 2005 in the points of view on key events, development of literatures and the evolution of thinking and methods. Meanwhile, to address the purpose of the study–whole picture of lean system, this thesis argue Lean System Model (LSM) consist of four elements PSEI, Philosophy, Strategy, Evolution, Implementation, based on lean house core elements and ‘learning to evolve’ model.
Finally, address to the meaning of ‘lean’ and ‘house’ to the overall system perspective, this thesis making five conclusions, (1) build integrated knowledge through house-building point of view, (2) the meaning of lean toward system is needs less of everything (less effort, less space, fewer defects, less throughput time, lower volume requirements, less capital for a given level output) to design and produce products economically at lower volumes with fewer errors, and build organizational evolvement capability through eliminating waste and melting new elements and methods in process improvement activities, (3) philosophy is foundation stone of lean system, also lean philosophy extending its effect of system scope so far, (4) the features determined inimitable, distinguishable and focused area of the system, (5) lean system is extension of TPS, but lean system is not totally regard as TPS and is evolving to the overall system integration gradually.

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